Skirt-supporter.



No. 723,533. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903..

V. J. KING.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR J. KING, OF TRUMANSBURG, YORK.

SKlRT-SUPPORTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,533, dated March24, 1903. Application filed November 15,1902. Serial No. 131,590 m.model.)

To'all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, VICTOR J. KING, acitizen of the United States,residing at Trumansburg, in the county of Tompkins and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Skirt-Supporter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of skirtsupporters arranged toengage both the skirt and the lower end of the waist.

The object is to provide an extremely simple and easily-manufacturedstructure which will form practically a continuous support throughoutitslength, thus reducing toa minimum the liability of tearing the fabric,the

supporter being furthermore so constructed that it will easily bend tothe shape of the wearer.

' The preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of one of thesections of the supporter, and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectiontaken on the line w a: of Fig.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

As shown inthe drawings, a plurality of sheet-metal sections 10 areemployed, each of which consists of a bendable body-plate 11, havingtransverse openings 12 through its ends. Flanges are arranged at theside edges of the plate and extend inwardly over the opposite side facesthereof, being spaced from said faces, as will be seen by referring toFig. 4. The flanges are subdivided into sections 13 by cuts 14, whichpreferably extend into the body-plate 11, as clearly illustrated in Fig.3, and spacing the sections 13 apart. The upper and lower cuts arealined, so that the body-plate 11 may be said to have a plurality ofreduced portions. The free terminals of the flange sections 13 are eachprovided with a plurality of teeth 15, extending in the direction of theflange. The supporter-sections are joined, by a belt 16, preferably madeof fabric and passed through the openings 12, lying longitudinally uponthe outer faces of the sections, and preferably having its lower edgearranged in the spaces between the lower flanges and the plates.

The supporter is fastened to a wearer by means of the belt 16, as willbe readily understood, whereupon the inner and upper flanges of thesections will engage the waist, while the skirt may be engaged over thelower flanges. The advantages of this construetion may be summed up asfollows: In the first place, the structure is very simple and can beeasily manufactured. Furthermore, the flanges extending the entirelength of the structure constitute practically continuous lines ofsupport, and thus the weight of the skirt is distributed overacomparatively large area, reducing to a minimum the liability of tearingthe fabric. If the cuts 14' were not employed, each section would be sorigid, be- 7 cause of the continuous flanges, that it would not readilybend. By having these cuts arranged in alinement and projecting wellinto the body-plate 11 it will be evident that the siipport'er willeasily bend to the shape of the wearer, and this is an important featureto he considered, especially in view of the fact that the adjacent edgesof the inner flangesections 13 are spaced a suflicient distance apart topermit this bending without their coming together.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmanyadvantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art with out further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction 'may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire .tosecure by Letters Patent, is--- In a waist-holder and skirt-supporter, aplurality of sheet-metal sections arranged end to end and eachcomprising a body-plate having openings in its ends, flanges bent overfrom the opposite side edges of the .plate and inwardly over theopposite faces thereof, said flanges beingsubdivided into spacedsections,

the corresponding spaces between the secbetween the sections of theflanges extending tions being alined to permit the bending of into theplates and to the edges of the belt, the body-plate, teeth arranged onthe free terwhereby said plates may be easily bent.

I minals of the flange-sections, and abelt pass- In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as 5 ing through the end openings of the sheetmy ownI have hereto aflixed my signature in r 5 metal sections and extendinglongitudinally the presence of two witnesses. across the outerfacesthereof, said belt bridg- VICTOR J. KING. ing the joints between thesections and hav- Witnesses: ing its lower edge arranged behind thelower F. A. DIMICK,

1c and outer flanges of the sections, the spaces C. C. SEARS.

